Creating Wellness

Active Lifestyles and Supportive Communities with Taylor Keyes, TK Training

Host Fran Paradine welcomes Taylor Keyes of TK Training to this episode of Creating Wellness. Taylor is a certified personal trainer, certified nutrition coach, and CrossFit Coach, and owner of her own mobile and online training business, TK TRAINING. Taylor holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Lenoir-Rhyne University and accreditations through the American College of Sports…

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Health and Entrepreneurship with Carrie Robitzer, Burn Boot Camp

In this episode, host Fran Paradine welcomes Carrie Robitzer owner of Burn Boot Camp in Hickory, NC and Asheville, NC to discuss health and entrepreneurship. In addition to owning and operating these two high-energy fitness businesses, she manages to keep up with the active lives of her three children. Carrie lives in Mooresville but has…

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Changing Lives Through Health with Amy Chang

In this episode of Creating Wellness, host Fran Paradine welcomes Amy Chang, Health Coach. Amy is passionate about helping people to change their lives through health. Amy brings invaluable knowledge to this type of coaching, pulling from her experience as an ICU nurse, Crossfit trainer, and mother of three, she has created a practice that truly helps individuals move towards health and wellness.

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Financial Wellness with Kelle Huffman, Southeast Retirement Planners

In this episode of Creating Wellness, Host Fran Paradine welcomes Kelle Huffman, Director of Client Services at Southeast Retirement Planners. Fran and Kelle discuss the ways in which having a financial plan is important to overall wellness. Kelle has some helpful ideas on how to create a financial plan on any income and talks about the mental health benefits of feeling in control of your money.

This episode is sponsored by Incredible Edibles in Hickory, NC.

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Words and The Meaning We Attach To Them with Kathy Godfrey and Rae Jenkins

In this episode of Creating Wellness, host Fran Paradine sits down with mother/daughter duo Kathy Godfrey and Rae Jenkins to discuss the power of words, writing, and story-telling. The conversation includes ways in which words, and the meaning we attach to them, have the ability to heal and foster growth. Kathy and Rae are the founders of Native South Writers Workshop (coming to Hickory in August 2022) and Bright Ideas Greetings. This episode is sponsored by Incredible Edibles in Hickory, NC

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Optimizing Vitality and Longevity with Dr. Elizabeth Beadle

Join Creating Wellness host Fran Paradine as she discusses with Dr. Elizabeth Beadle about her methods of optimizing vitality and longevity.

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Women Supporting Women with Michelle Morgan, Women’s Resource Center

Join Creating Wellness host Fran Paradine as she speaks with Michelle Morgan, Director of Women’s Resource Center in Hickory, NC about the importance of community, connection, and women supporting women on our overall well-being. 

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Wellness & Education with Maggie Tremols

Host Fran Paradine, welcomes Maggie Tremols to the first episode of Creating Wellness. Maggie is an Educational Consultant, Reading Specialist, Homeschool Educator at boti Academy. This episode of Creating Wellness is sponsored by Incredible Edibles in Hickory, NC

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Creating Wellness

Creating Wellness will dive deep with nutritionists, life coaches, therapists, fitness trainers, entrepreneurs, musicians, community leaders, artists, all types of women with exciting ideas about how we can support each other and support our own health. We will learn from the knowledge and experience of local women as we embark on this wellness journey together.

The Creating Wellness podcast host is Fran Paradine, co-owner of Incredible Edibles in Hickory NC, lacrosse official, retired therapist (who still has the skills), girls lacrosse coach, wife of a college coach, and mother of three pretty cool kids talks with the amazing women in our community who foster and support all kinds of well-being.

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